Posts Tagged ‘Pitchfork’
Pitchfork Music Festival: R. Kelly, Bjork and Belle and Sebastian to Headline 2013 Lineup
The Pitchfork Music Festival just announced their three top talents for this year's festival set once again in Union Park in Chicago on the weekend of July 19-21, and I had to read the release twice before I fully grasped how epic it is. Headlining this year's festival will... more
Pitchfork Advance: New Site for Pre-Release Album Streams
Pitchfork announced a new thing today called Advance, a spot to listen to exclusive pre-release album streams all done-up in the classic Pitchfork-esque hipster chic. Pitchfork is happy to announce the launch of Pitchfork Advance, an immersive music streaming platform designed to emulate the classic album experience. Pitchfork Advance... more
VIDEO: Animal Collective – “Knock You Down / Brother Sport” @ Pitchfork 2011
When the news broke earlier this week that Animal Collective had finally announced a new tour after the announcement recently of their new album, Centipede Hz, I was definitely psyched and immediately went back to the shows I saw here up in Northern Cali before they played Coachella 2011. ... more
Pitchfork Music Festival 2012 Schedule Posted
If you're heading to Pitchfork Music Festival this year, go ahead and start planning your attack if you're so inclined. The schedule was released late last week, and while it's bound to change up a little bit before we get to the weekend of July 13-15, 2012 in Union... more
Pitchfork Music Festival adds Sleigh Bells, FlyLo, more…
The Pitchfork Music Festival easily sold-out of their three-day passes, and they just added a huge slew of artists to the already-announced group earlier last month -- this time get excited about Sleigh Bells, Dirty Projectors, Flying Lotus, the Olivia Tremor Control and many more... Here's the news from Pfork themselves: Pitchfork... more
Bowery Presents and Pitchfork Expand YouTube Channels
Popular East Coast concert promoter, The Bowery Presents, has announced an expanded channel and presence on YouTube, promising lots of video content including concert webcasts, like the one they tested out last January with Broken Social Scene. They've partnered with Show Cobra for video production, and they'll debut their first... more
Pitchfork Postpones New NYC Event “FORMS”
Remember that new NYC multi-media music event Pitchfork announced a while back for February 2012? Well, it looks like that's a no-go. Pitchfork announced today that they'll have to postpone the event: Pitchfork, The Bowery Presents, and Killscreen are postponing FORMS, the NYC-based event series we collectively created as a... more
Pitchfork Expands Festival Plans to New York City with Forms
It looks like Pitchfork is continuing to expand their festival business. After recently rolling out the Pitchfork Music Festival's European counterpart in Paris, they've just announced plans for a "full-on four-day multi-media festival" in New York City. The festival is called Forms and is scheduled for February 1-4, 2012. According to... more
Pitchfork Music Festival Announces Initial 2011 Lineup
The initial lineup for the Pitchfork Music Festival has been announced with Animal Collective, Fleet Foxes, TV on the Radio all topping the bill so far. Plenty more artists will be announced in the coming week but tickets will sell out well in advance of that. PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL 2011... more
Pitchfork Music Festival Adds Comedy Stage, Schedule Announced
The folks at Pitchfork recently announced that they'd be adding comedy to this year's Pitchfork Music Festival lineup. ...we're happy to announce the first ever Pitchfork Music Festival comedy stage! It's hosted by Les Savy Fav frontman (and Pitchfork.tv jokester) Tim Harrington and features veteran stand-up artist Eugene Mirman, "The State"/Wet... more
The List of Pitchfork Approved 2010 Summer Music Festivals
Pitchfork Guide to Summer Festivals [Pitchfork.com] If you've got the time and the money to do enough traveling, you could spend every weekend between now and September standing out in a field with thousands of other like-minded music fans. Every year, more and more festivals seem to show up on our... more
We Laugh When Bands Throw Tantrums On Stage: Wavves at Primavera Sound Festival
Hey, I'll admit that it's usually not my style to laugh at people that may be going through a hard time. Life is hard, people. I mean, come on, especially if you're touring Europe and asked to play a premier festival at 2am to a sea of adoring... more
Pitchfork Music Festival 2009 Lineup Additions
The lineup for the Pitchfork Music Festival just got a bit better with the additions below: Newly added bands as of right this moment: Art-rock exhibitionists Yeasayer, rootsy dudes Blitzen Trapper, epic Danes Mew, Vancouver fuzz buckets Japandroids, Montreal folkies Plants and Animals, wiry post-rockers Disappears, and an indie rock band... more
Tortoise Announce New Album, 2009 Tour Dates
Tortoise recently announced a June 23rd release date for Beacons of Ancestorship, their first album in five years. I can't wait to hear it. They're playing some dates in May and a festival date in June, with the major highlight being their performance at Pitchfork Music Festival as... more
Not Everyone is a Phish Fan Now
Yesterday felt like a really special day to me. I was generally buzzing the entire day after the news was confirmed that Phish was getting back together. It's especially fitting for me given that this blog started around the band's tour in 2004 leading up to Coventry. ... more
